They both stared at the four-year-old girl, not knowing how to react, waiting for one of them to say something, but she ended up opting to leave the girl in the chair before grabbing him arm and push him into the room, it was obvious they needed to talk.
"It doesn't have to happen," he was the first to speak, but she frowned, How could he be so sure?
"We have to go to the DEO," she said to what he shook his head. "What do you want us to do?" She asked.
"Wait, what if nothing happens?" He answered.
"Sure, and as I open the door I give them the kids," she said sarcastically. "I will not stay here and wait to see what happens," she looked directly into his eyes. "I can't help them if they have kryptonite," she said, starting to get angry.
"Calm down, take the kids to the DEO, I'll stay." He grabbed her shoulders, but when he saw that she was about to reply, he spoke again. "We have to prove she's right," he said.
She did not want to assent to his proposal, she did not want to leave him alone, What if they hurt him? She was aware that CADMUS would not hesitate to torture him until he told them where the two kids were, so she shook her head again. He was not going to be left alone.
However, the way to DEO was the quietest, not only because she was more concerned about the little girl, but because both were terrified at the questions that were going to be made by both children when they were there, especially Kaylee, because she had to admit it, Aiden had been working hard over the past few months to learn his powers, though he had never been taken to DEO before, perhaps for fear of what would happen next. However, persuade J'onn that she should leave both kids there, had not been easy, since he had pointed out more than once that the DEO was a work center and not a nursery, a phrase that had not changed even when his sister offered to take a look at them.
The youngest one clinged to her shirt the moment they walked in, frightened, watching Aiden's fascination as he watched everything, clinging to his father's hand, who was dragging him, because Aiden would stay in each and every one of the rooms to ask all his doubts.
"Uncle J'onn." Aiden ran to hug him, which gave him a small smile.
"I told you it wasn't a kindergarten," J'onn looked at her as he hugged the eight-year-old.
"I need them to stay here, just for today," she asked, watching as he nodded. "Thank you." She smiled crouching at the height of both children, determined to say goodbye.
She hugged them both wanting to avoid tears, but the reality was that she was unsure if she was going to see them again, but she stood up to allow Mon-el to say good-bye too, looking directly into his eyes when they were ready to leave.
It had not been easy to leave both children in the DEO, even knowing it was the safest place at the moment, at least wanting to believe it was.
They tried to act as they would have done any normal day, with the uncertainty of whether they would ever appear, not knowing what would happen when CADMUS would realize the absence of the little ones. This was reason why she tensed with each of the noises she did not know, feeling the nervousness of Mon-el, who from time to time looked towards the door, which made her understand that both were waiting for the moment that CADMUS would burst into the house. However, something disconcerted her, what if he was right? What if they didn't show up? She was not sure if that meant that the little girl's dreams weren't premonitory, as it might have been a false alarm.
Maybe Lillian was watching them, she could not deny it, and she knew that both children were not at home and therefore she didn't risk appearing, but how could she be sure that that was what happened?
She sighed sitting on the couch, burying her face in her hands as she felt as Mon-el sat beside her, placing his hand on her back, trying to keep her calm. Honestly, everything was much simpler before, when Kaylee was a baby and was not aware of her dreams, but now ... Every night her dreams were worse and she, as a mother, felt completely helpless, since there was nothing she could do to calm her down and did not want to think about whether she would be able to protect them in case CADMUS showed up.
She had to admit that she had already fought infected by Kryptonite against Rhea nine years ago, when the blood of the queen of Daxam became the element that weakened her, but for a few seconds she almost gave up, but she knew that she couldn't do it, for the Earth, for the planet that had welcomed her when she was thirteen years old and that was her home in those moments. She remembered to have used all that rage of that someone could take her home again against Rhea, without being weak. However, at the moment, she knew that she had to fight for them, that they could not take them away, but she was not sure if she was going to have that same strength to fight Kryptonite, if she was going to be strong enough for them. She was scared.
Both were startled to hear the bell, feeling as her heart was going to get out of the chest, looking at the clock, how long had they been sitting there? When they met in front of the door they looked at each other before she dared to open it, relaxing when she saw her sister on the other side with the children.
"I thought it would be good for them to sleep at home," Alex said at the same time she hugged them both, holding them close to her, wanting to avoid tears. "They're fine," her sister said when Mon-el accompanied the children inside. "It didn't have to happen, Kara."
"It's going to happen, I think they knew they weren't here," she wanted to assure, to which her sister shook her head before embracing her for a few seconds.
"They need you well, not paranoid, you're Supergirl, none can stop you," Alex assured her, nodding with a small smile. "See you tomorrow, okay?" She said goodbye.
When she closed the door, she changed her attitude, smiling as she moved toward the rooms, hugging Aiden, who did not hesitate to look at her while complaining because she didn't stop kissing his cheek. She could not help but laugh when she saw him wipe his cheek without looking away from her.
"You didn't complain when you were little," she said, stirring his hair.
"I was a baby, I couldn't complain," he said.
"You still are, little one." She pinched his cheek, watching as he narrowed his eyes.
"Mom!" He complained with a smile on him face. "I love you, Mom." He hugged her.
"Oh ... I love you too," she hugged him back, kissing his hair before letting him for preparing himself to go to sleep.
She went to the little girl's room, smiling from the doorway, rather trying to hold up the laughter as a result of the scene, although she had to admit it, it was completely tenderness, father and daughter sitting on the floor, playing. She sat on the bed, getting them both to look at her for a few seconds before concentrating again on their conversation.
"Are you wearing a tiara?" She asked with laughter.
"It's a tea party, you have to dress properly," he replied, but Kaylee's response was accurate.
"Daddy is the king, you are the queen, Aiden is the prince and I'm the princess," she explained getting her to frown without understanding what happened. "You need a tiara" the four year old looked at her seriously. "Daddy was a prince before" she heard her mutter.
At that moment she turned her gaze to Mon-el wanting to blame him for the little girl's knowledge, but after looking at his face of bewilderment, she knew he had nothing to do with it.
"Kaylee, sweetie, how do you know that?" She asked.
"I don't know, A dream?" Her daughter replied with a shrug.
She sighed as she got up from the bed trying to find some kind of logic to what her daughter had just said, not knowing where she could have gotten that information, since even the little girl was not sure, although she thought she had gotten it out of a dream. She was aware that it was something she had to talk to Mon-el, because it was something that mostly involved him.
She decided that both children would sleep in their bed, trusting that in that way she could protect them in case they entered in the middle of the night, although she wanted to believe that it was not going to happen, so that was the reason for the four of them inside the bed, both children asleep, Mon-el practically asleep and she ... She could not sleep, remembering again and again the words of the little girl, still falling asleep with them in mind.
She opened her eyes to feel something happening, noting that only Aiden and Mon-el were asleep, while Kaylee was missing, the little girl had gotten up, which made her wait for a moment to hear her in the bathroom, but when she did not, she worried, getting out of bed.
"Kaylee," she whispered, not wanting to frighten her.
She watched her inside her room, lying on the bed with one of her stuffed toys in her arms, which made her smile as she went inside, lying down beside her, watching how she moved and opened her eyes to look at her.
"Mom, there was someone," she whispered with fear in her eyes.
"There's no one, little one." She brushed aside the hair on her face. "You may have dreamed it," she said, trying to dismiss it, trying not to frighten her any more than she already was.
"It looked real," she heard her commenting as getting closer to her. "Will you stay with me?" She asked.
She smiled at the same time he nodded, embracing her so that she could always keep her protected, waiting until she slept, for until the child did not fall to exhaustion, she did not fall asleep, not wanting to give importance to what she had just heard her say.
Hi!
I'm so happy that you liked the first chapter and I would have updated before, but I have changed a few things.
Do you really think is CADMUS? There are a few hints.
I hope you like this chapter, thanks for reading,
Ayrin
